A pulled elbow is an injury that occurs when one of the elbow bones slips out of its normal place. It is also called a nursemaid's elbow. The bones of the elbow are held together and supported by ligaments. In children, these ligaments may still be weak. A forceful stretching of the ...
e. bones and ligaments.doi:10.1007/BF02620391Peter-J. Meeder1. Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen and Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Katharinenhospital Stuttgart, Germany ;Siegfried Weller1. Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen and Department of Trauma and ...
Each bone has cartilage on the end, which helps them slide against each other and absorb shocks. They’re latched into place with tough tissues called ligaments. And your tendons connect your bones to muscles to allow you to move your arm in different ways. If anything happens to any of t...
bones and joints ligaments and tendons muscles nerves blood vessels Bones and JointsThe bones of the elbow are the humerus (the upper arm bone), the ulna (the larger bone of the forearm, on the opposite side of the thumb), and the radius (the smaller bone of the forearm on the same ...
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Your elbow is a complex joint formed by 3 bones: The humerus is a single bone in your upper arm that runs from yourshoulderto your elbow. The radius and ulna, bones of your forearm, run from the elbow to the wrist. Ligaments, muscles, and tendons maintain your elbow's stability and ...
Elbow joint Bones: humerus, radius, ulna Type: synovial, hinged joint Ligaments: annular ligament and collateral (radial, ulnar) ligaments Movements: - Flexion - biceps brachii, brachialis, brachioradialis muscles - Extension - triceps brachii muscleContents...
The annular ligament encloses the radial head and inserts the ulna in dorsal and palmar directions (Figure 1(c)). The part of the annular ligament that lies above the LUCL runs into the lateral humeral epicondyle and forms the lateral collateral ligament (LCL). Bones and ligaments are ...
The elbow joint is a complex group of bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons. Medial epicondylitis involves the flexor muscles, which control the flexion of the wrist and fingers, and the flexor tendons, which anchor the muscles to the medial epicondyle. ...
This chapter provides an overview of the main athletic lesions at the elbow. For didactic purposes, the lesions will be divided by anatomic structures: ligaments, muscles and tendons, bones and cartilage, and nerves. Werner SL, Fleisig GS, Dillman CJ, Andrews JR. Biomechanics of the elbow duri...